Dovchenko Duel (Story Mode)

After clearing the fourth Story Mode stage, you'll appear in the level hub. Head toward the northwest from there to find a place where ants are swarming. You will now be carrying the Crystal Skull, though, so you can proceed through them to reach the edge of a deep pit. Falling into that is fatal, so you'll have to improvise. Just ahead and to the left of the ants, you'll find a banana sitting on the ground. Carry that over to the edge of the pit, then throw it up to a monkey in a nearby tree. He'll toss down a key, which you can then use on the console positioned just ahead of the pit. That'll raise some boulders so that you can pass and enter the area marked by the arrow.

As this stage begins, you'll find yourself engaged in battle with a single enemy soldier. The guy is a wimp and can't do much to harm you, plus the ants that surround you will part like the Red Sea as you run around with the Crystal Skull in hand. Use that fact to your advantage. Dash around and grab several of the purple LEGO pieces to earn yourself the 'True Adventurer' ranking right from the start, then when you've done that you can turn your attention on the soldier. Hit him a few times and he'll disappear.

(Above Left) You'll have to bribe a monkey with a banana if you want to clear the gap and reach this episode's fifth Story Mode stage. (Above Right) Place construction cones over the anthills to damage your powerful opponent.

With that soldier out of the way, you're now left facing your true opponent. The red ants will produce a cyclone of activity and that results in a giant creature formed of swarming ants. It stomps around the area and even the Crystal Skull isn't enough to chase it away. You'll have to manage something more severe.

The trick to winning is to place cones over the ant hills. You'll notice that each hill is ringed by green. There are construction cones along the left side of the stage. A few are positioned along the ground. You can grab those and use them to plug the holes. When you've placed them, another soldier will appear. Knock him around until he is carried away by ants. Now you'll find that ants are carrying your cones around again. Track them down, grab the cones and place them over the holes again. That's not enough, though. You also need to find more cones. You can have Mutt use his wrench on the truck along the left side of the arena to jar one cone loose so that you can grab it, plus you can have Indy use his whip on the orange portion of the vehicle to the right to pull loose yet another cone. Place those and the ants will temporarily recede as you are forced to battle another soldier.

When you defeat him, the ants will return in full force. Once more, find the cones and place them on the ant hills. Note that your enemy now adds a few attack patterns, including a wave that glides around in wide circles and homes in on your general location, plus a fish-shaped formation that leaps out of the ground like a fish leaping from the surface of a lake. None of the patterns should prove too difficult to avoid, and even if you get hit it's not a big deal because you should already have the 'True Adventurer' rating. Just focus on attacking. When you place the last one, you've cleared the stage.